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Scientific Name: | Pinus cembra 'Glauca' |
Common Name: | blue Swiss stone pine |
Family Name: | Pinaceae |
Origin: | Europe |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
Plant Type: | Conifer |
Mature Size: | 22 - 30m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
Habit: | Dense, Twiggy |
Form: | Columnar, Pyramidal - narrowly |
Texture: | Medium |
Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Alpine, Screening, Shade tree, Summer interest, Tall background, Wind break |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
Leaves: | Needle-like, Fascicles, Leathery, Glabrous, Glaucous, Acicular, Serrulate |
Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Apr-May |
Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Purple, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
Key ID Features: | |
Densely branched to base; needles 5 per fascicle, stiff, to (6-)8(-11)cm long, glaucous on inside; often with a slight twist; seed cones terminal, purplish maturing brown, ovoid, 4-8mm long. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_cembra.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> |